Datasets from the Western Archives and Manuscripts collections, 1600-1950
Datasets from the Western Archives and Manuscripts collections, 1600-1950
Datasets from the Western Archives and Manuscripts collections, 1600-1950
The datasets in this collection are based on the British Library’s Modern British Archives and Manuscripts collections.
The collections range from individual letters and diaries to large archives documenting the lives of particular people, families or institutions, including the following:
• British sovereigns, their families and the Royal Household
• Archives of leading politicians and Prime Ministers
• Papers of diplomats, colonial governors, and other civil and military office holders
• Archives spanning several generations of families with significant roles in public and social life
• Papers of reformers, journalists and public campaigners
• Archives of scientists, mathematicians, medical researchers, institutions and reformers
• Explorer’s records
• Collection of antiquarians
• Charters, rolls and seals, many of which date from the early modern period.
Only a small proportion of these records have been digitised, and the datasets here are drawn from this digitised pool, as well as metadata taken from the Search Archives and Manuscripts catalogue.
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Item type:Dataset, Freemason manuscripts in the Modern Archive collections(2020)British LibraryDataset of brief biographical entries for 365 prominent Freemasons, with links to relevant material held with the British Library’s Modern Archives and Manuscript Collections, from the 18th to the 20th century. The dataset was supported with funding from the American Friends of the British Library, and was created by Tabitha Driver, Layla Fedyk and Stephen Noble.5 2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Dataset, Sir Hans Sloane's Catalogues of his Library and Manuscripts(2020)British LibraryThe files in this dataset are derived from microfilm copies of the original library catalogue of Sir Hans Sloane, now presented across 9 volumes, Sloane MS 3972 C 1-8, and the name index to the Sloane library catalogue, Sloane MS 3972 D. The catalogues are crucial for understanding the development of Sloane's collections, the present-day collections of the British Library, British Museum and Natural History Museum, and to identifying collection items which are now dispersed across a number of institutions.43 40